Looks like cherry to me as well. I have split a lot of it over the last few years.
Thanks guys. I'll try to get stuff split and out in the sun and wind asap. I think I will be able to do a long single row once I get the fence up for...
I'm going to do both. I have to take a cherry down at my buddies house sometime soon and I have to look at another guys maple trees, he thinks. I'll...
I always thought wood would dry faster cut split after the leaves were out and the sap was up in the crown not in the trunk. An old guy I got wood...
I just ordered my Fireview for the house that we are building a couple of weeks ago. I'm reading that these stoves like very seasoned wood. We are...
I burned an Olympic for 2yrs in the house we just sold. I could load 16" splits straight in or 24" side to side. I put it in the ground level family...
The biggest thing for me with wood is that it is much more renewable and local. From what I understand (this may be limited) coal mining is pretty...
One of the guys I teach with had a Heritage for 5 or 6 yrs. He liked it a lot but wanted longer burn times. He put an addition on last year and put...
I just ordered a Fireview with the outside air kit last week. The house I am building is only 1600sqf so the heat output is not as much a concern. I...
I burned an Olympic freestanding stove for three winters in the house we recently sold. I liked it but I like the extended burn time thermosat on...
It does get harder every year. I try to stress this to my students sometimes but a lot of them don't get it. Fat dumb and happy. The world says we...
It is a constant personal dilema. Spend all my time searching for stuff made in america or just get what I need and live with it. I think you just do...
I prefer to support local mom and pop type places over big box stores as well. I do contracting/remodeling in the summer when not teaching and the...
I put an Englander 30 in my sister and brother in-laws palce outside of Ithica Ny 2 years ago. The stove is a real work horse. It really made me...
I've been around both and cant think of any difference in performance. I'm not a pedestal fan myself. Looks to industrial. I say go with what you...
I burned a 1977 VC Vigilant(next size down) in my old house for 5yrs. before getting an Avalon Olympic. Family friends in my home town burned a...
Thanks for all the suggestions guys. I'm def. a 24/7 burner and I hate to use a match (or propane torch..its just quicker in the morn. before work)....
Hey fellow wood burners. I'm new to the forum and I have been readig it the last few nights researching stoves for our next house. We sold our...
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